Middle Grades Endorsement, M.A.T.

Degree Requirements

Professional Coursework for all Content Areas

EDUC 500Introduction to Teaching and Learning

3

EDUC 538Measurement and Assessment of Learning

3

EDUC 549Integrating Tech into the Classroom

3

EDUC 569Effective Classroom Management

3

EDRD 515Literacy Mthds Middle and High School

3

EDRD 523Content Area Literacy Instruction

3

EDRD 533Literature for Children and Adolescents

3

EDMG 506Middle Grades Student Teaching Seminar

3

EDMG 509Student Teaching in Middle Grades I

6

EDMG 536Middle Grades Capstone

3

EDSL 570Teaching ESL Students:Mthds & Materials

3

SPED 539Accessing Cntnt Area: Stdnts w/ Disb

3

EDUC 620Psychological Foundations of Education

3

HDEV 349Adolescent Development

3

Choose one:

EDUC 517History of Education

3

EDUC 605Philosophical Foundations of Education

3

Choose one based on content specialization:

EDMG 563Middle Grades Literacy Methods

3

EDMG 552Middle Grades Math Methods

3

EDMG 526Middle Grades Science Methods

3

EDMG 524Middle Grades Social Science Methods

3

Content Specializations

Students must complete at least 21 credit hours in the content area. The following courses are the approved courses for each content. Students should meet with their advisors to determine whether or not undergraduate coursework will meet these requirements. Additional coursework in the content area may be necessary.

I. Literacy Specialization

ENGL 150Introduction to Literature

3

ENGL 154Introduction to Creative Writing

3

RHET 101Introductory Rhetoric

3

RHET 102Intermediate Rhetoric

3

RHET 351Applied Rhetoric

3

*Rockford University does not allow courses to transfer in for RHET 351. However, because this course is required for licensure, and not for MAT degree completion, Oral Communication courses will be considered to satisfy this course requirement, as long as the equivalent course meets the following State Content standards Part 21.140: b1F, c3A-O, c4A-E, c5F.

Choose one:

ENGL 280Survey I: Beowulf to Chaucer

3

ENGL 281Survey II: Utopia to Gulliver’s Travels

3

ENGL 282Survey III: Revolution and Nationalism

3

ENGL 283Survey IV: Victorianism to Modernity

3

II. Mathematics Specialization

MATH 101Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics

3

MATH 116Nature of Mathematics I

3

MATH 117Nature of Mathematics II

3

MATH 120Functions and Models

3

MATH 224Elements of Statistics

4

MATH 230Calculus with Analytic Geometry I

4

MATH 401History of Mathematics

0

Science Specialization

BIOL 150Principles of Biology

4

BIOL 201Organismal Diversity and Physiology I

4

BIOL 176Special Topics in Biology

0

CHEM 104Introductory Chemistry

4

PHYS 110Introduction to Astronomy

3

Choose one:

PHYS 101Physics for Poets and Non Poets

4

PHYS 102Physical Science and Everyday Thinking

1

IV. Social Science Specialization

SOCI 150Introduction to Sociology

3

INST 115World Regional Geography

3

POLS 101Introduction to Political Science

3

POLS 102American Government

3

Choose one:

HIST 107World History I: to 1500 C.E.

3

HIST 108World History II: From 1450 to Present

3

Choose one:

HIST 110Creation of the United States: 1600-1865

3

HIST 111Evolution of the United States 1865-1945

3

HIST 112Modern America since 1945

3

Choose one:

ECON 100Current Economic Issues

3

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Please note; Students must take either ECON 100 or both ECON 101 and ECON 102.